Ninkama Surname

386,017th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 920 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Ninkama Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ninkama Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea9181:8,882692
Fiji11:894,3914,568
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Ninkama (308) may also be a first name.

Ninkama Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Ninkama Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Ninkama is most common in Papua New Guinea. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Ninkama? popularity and diffusion

Ninkama is the 386,017th most prevalent surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 7,921,246 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 100 percent of Ninkama are found; 100 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 100 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 501,377th most common first name at a global level. It is borne by 308 people.

This last name is most frequently occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 918 people, or 1 in 8,882. In Papua New Guinea it is most prevalent in: Chimbu, where 67 percent reside, National Capital District, where 19 percent reside and Morobe, where 7 percent reside. Excluding Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Fiji, where 0 percent reside and Uganda, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ningkama9321/
Ninkeama931/
Ninkema8614/
Ninkame862/
Nenkama862/
Ninkamo861/
Nenkamma804/
Ninkeema801/
Nenkamah801/
Ngninkoma751/
Nengkamat751/
Nuengkammi591/
Neungcamma591/
Nenkome571/
Nuengkhammi5673/
Nuengkammee562/
Nuengkhammee537/
Gnenkoumo501/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Ninkama
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